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Students, faculty and staff: Sign up for PSUAlert -- PSUTXT expires June 30

To sign up for new emergency notification system, visit psualert.psu.edu

June 27, 2014

Students, faculty and staff: Sign up for PSUAlert -- PSUTXT expires June 30

All Penn State students, faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to sign up for PSUAlert, the University's new emergency alerts system, at http://psualert.psu.edu/. As announced earlier this year, Penn State is transitioning to PSUAlert, away from the current emergency messaging service known as PSUTXT. The new service will feature enhanced messaging capabilities and more robust integration with the University’s other communications platforms. This change will take place at all Penn State campuses, with the exception of Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, Pa.

Through June 30, Penn State will send emergency alerts using both the outgoing PSUTXT system and the new PSUAlert system. On July 1, PSUTXT will be decommissioned and PSUAlert will become the University’s sole emergency messaging system. Throughout the transition, multiple communications are being sent to the University community and all current PSUTXT subscribers.

To ensure the fastest possible delivery of critical information to Penn State campus communities in the event of an emergency, the new PSUAlert system is reserved for students, faculty and staff. Students can add parents to their PSUAlert accounts if they wish (for details visit the PSUAlert FAQs), and alert messages are widely available on Twitter and Facebook. Also, all students, faculty and staff will now receive alerts for their home campus at their Penn State-issued email address.

The new service features enhanced messaging capabilities, including the continued ability for enrollees to receive alerts by text message and email; the addition of phone-based voice alerts; and more robust integration with campus Facebook and Twitter accounts.